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Jim Brown
James Nathaniel Brown
Position: FB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 232 lbs.
Born: February 17, 1936 in St. Simons Island, GA
College: Syracuse (school history)
Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 1st round (6th overall) of the 1957 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 148 (8th overall since 1950)
9-time Pro Bowler & 8-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1971
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| All-Time Rank: #1. Reggie White… #2. JIM BROWN… #3. Anthony Munoz… #4. Barry Sanders… #5. Merlin Olsen… |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | ||||||
| 1957*+ | 21 | CLE | FB | 32 | 12 | 12 | 202 | 942 | 9 | 69 | 4.7 | 78.5 | 16.8 | 16 | 55 | 3.4 | 1 | 12 | 1.3 | 4.6 | 997 | 10 | 7 | 13 |
| 1958*+ | 22 | CLE | FB | 32 | 12 | 12 | 257 | 1527 | 17 | 65 | 5.9 | 127.3 | 21.4 | 16 | 138 | 8.6 | 1 | 46 | 1.3 | 11.5 | 1665 | 18 | 5 | 15 |
| 1959*+ | 23 | CLE | FB | 32 | 12 | 12 | 290 | 1329 | 14 | 70 | 4.6 | 110.8 | 24.2 | 24 | 190 | 7.9 | 0 | 25 | 2.0 | 15.8 | 1519 | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| 1960*+ | 24 | CLE | FB | 32 | 12 | 12 | 215 | 1257 | 9 | 71 | 5.8 | 104.8 | 17.9 | 19 | 204 | 10.7 | 2 | 37 | 1.6 | 17.0 | 1461 | 11 | 9 | 23 |
| 1961*+ | 25 | CLE | FB | 32 | 14 | 14 | 305 | 1408 | 8 | 38 | 4.6 | 100.6 | 21.8 | 46 | 459 | 10.0 | 2 | 77 | 3.3 | 32.8 | 1867 | 10 | 6 | 21 |
| 1962* | 26 | CLE | FB | 32 | 14 | 14 | 230 | 996 | 13 | 31 | 4.3 | 71.1 | 16.4 | 47 | 517 | 11.0 | 5 | 53 | 3.4 | 36.9 | 1513 | 18 | 9 | 18 |
| 1963*+ | 27 | CLE | FB | 32 | 14 | 14 | 291 | 1863 | 12 | 80 | 6.4 | 133.1 | 20.8 | 24 | 268 | 11.2 | 3 | 83 | 1.7 | 19.1 | 2131 | 15 | 7 | 24 |
| 1964*+ | 28 | CLE | FB | 32 | 14 | 14 | 280 | 1446 | 7 | 71 | 5.2 | 103.3 | 20.0 | 36 | 340 | 9.4 | 2 | 40 | 2.6 | 24.3 | 1786 | 9 | 6 | 26 |
| 1965*+ | 29 | CLE | FB | 32 | 14 | 14 | 289 | 1544 | 17 | 67 | 5.3 | 110.3 | 20.6 | 34 | 328 | 9.6 | 4 | 32 | 2.4 | 23.4 | 1872 | 21 | 6 | 23 |
| Career | 118 | 118 | 2359 | 12312 | 106 | 80 | 5.2 | 104.3 | 20.0 | 262 | 2499 | 9.5 | 20 | 83 | 2.2 | 21.2 | 14811 | 126 | 57 | 179 | ||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1957*+ | 21 | CLE | FB | 32 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 136 | 0 | 29 | 22.7 | 1133 | |||||
| 1958*+ | 22 | CLE | FB | 32 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 74 | 0 | 35 | 24.7 | 1739 | |||||
| 1959*+ | 23 | CLE | FB | 32 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 88 | 0 | 29 | 22.0 | 1607 | |||||
| 1960*+ | 24 | CLE | FB | 32 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 300 | 0 | 33 | 21.4 | 1761 | |||||
| 1961*+ | 25 | CLE | FB | 32 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 26 | 25.0 | 1917 | |||||
| Career | 118 | 118 | 29 | 648 | 0 | 35 | 22.3 | 15459 | |||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961*+ | 25 | CLE | FB | 32 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 37 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 37 | 12.3 | 19.0 | 37.0 | 2.6 | 120.8 | ||||||||
| 1962* | 26 | CLE | FB | 32 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 28 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 28.0 | 2.0 | 95.8 | ||||||||
| 1963*+ | 27 | CLE | FB | 32 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||||||
| 1964*+ | 28 | CLE | FB | 32 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 13 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 33.0 | 13.0 | 0.9 | 158.3 | ||||||||
| 1965*+ | 29 | CLE | FB | 32 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 39 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39 | 19.5 | 29.5 | 39.0 | 2.8 | 135.4 | ||||||||
| Career | 118 | 118 | 4 | 12 | 33.3 | 117 | 3 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39 | 9.8 | 14.8 | 29.3 | 1.0 | 110.1 | 0 | 0 |
Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1957*+ | 21 | CLE | FB | 32 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1958*+ | 22 | CLE | FB | 32 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1959*+ | 23 | CLE | FB | 32 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1960*+ | 24 | CLE | FB | 32 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1961*+ | 25 | CLE | FB | 32 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1962* | 26 | CLE | FB | 32 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1963*+ | 27 | CLE | FB | 32 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1964*+ | 28 | CLE | FB | 32 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1965*+ | 29 | CLE | FB | 32 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Career | 118 | 118 | 0 | 57 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957*+ | 21 | CLE | FB | 32 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 60 | |||||||||
| 1958*+ | 22 | CLE | FB | 32 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 108 | |||||||||
| 1959*+ | 23 | CLE | FB | 32 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 84 | ||||||||||
| 1960*+ | 24 | CLE | FB | 32 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 66 | |||||||||
| 1961*+ | 25 | CLE | FB | 32 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 60 | |||||||||
| 1962* | 26 | CLE | FB | 32 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 108 | |||||||||
| 1963*+ | 27 | CLE | FB | 32 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 90 | |||||||||
| 1964*+ | 28 | CLE | FB | 32 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 54 | |||||||||
| 1965*+ | 29 | CLE | FB | 32 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 126 | |||||||||
| Career | 118 | 118 | 106 | 20 | 126 | 756 |
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All-Pro Teams
| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1957 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1957 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1957 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Sporting News |
| 1957 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1958 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1958 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1958 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1958 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Sporting News |
| 1958 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1959 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1959 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1959 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1959 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Sporting News |
| 1959 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1960 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1960 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1960 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1960 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Sporting News |
| 1960 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1961 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1961 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1961 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1961 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Sporting News |
| 1961 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1962 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Sporting News |
| 1962 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1963 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Sporting News |
| 1963 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1963 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1963 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1963 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1964 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Sporting News |
| 1964 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1964 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1964 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1964 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1965 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Sporting News |
| 1965 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1965 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1965 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1965 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |
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